British War & Victory Medals named LIEUT J M C H COLGROVE.
John Maloney Charles Henry Colgrove was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA on 31st Oct 1872. He enlisted under an assumed name of John Maloney into the Canadian Forces in April 1916. He was 43 years old an mining engineer. He enlisted into the Vancouver Pioneer Coy as Pioneer 490462.
He served in Canada,England and France with the Vancouver Pioneer Coy, Canadian Engineers Training Depot and the 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Coy. He landed in Liverpool in June 1916 and was in France in Nov 1917 with the 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Coy. He was released in Aug 1919.